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I was enjoying this and thinking, "He gonna burst a blood vessel on the high notes", but you did great Smokey! This is a perfectly fine, respectable and GOOD version of our anthem (and as you know, it was originally an old British drinking song or something to that effect!) I thank you sang it very well (I do hate the pop singers that add their little unnecessary obbligatos and runs) and I want to hear you perform this at the next Super Bowl. Michael

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hey thanks! the range on this song is ridiculous. i could barely hit the low notes and the high notes - i shifted the key around trying to find a happy balance, but man, oh man, this is a tough song to sing

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maybe i need to drink a bunch of whisky and record myself really belting it out? i rather dislike gratuitous coloratura, so i went pretty plain here on the melody itself (although i considered fooling around with singing the word "banner"). i had some issues getting the tempo right at the end. it just seemed a little rushed no matter what i tried...

Rocco Scotti is way, way out of my league! i doubt i'll ever get there. but that's OK

pinkerton or sullivan next?
the land of the brave indeed... a technically difficult song to sing, and you succeeded with flying colors. such a feat would leave me red, white, blue, and gasping for breath. bravo! what new surprises from bill wait in the wings... puccini perhaps?

Very cool.
I was curious to see if there were any other version of the National Anthem here at MJ and found there were several, but I think this is the only one that's not an instrumental (I may be wrong. Don't know that I found them all).

You're a brave man for actually singing this one. It's tough. But you did a great job with it.